Hardware requirement

[majush]

I see the list of certified hardware. But will Flame run on any decent hardware with the limitations that come with the hw?? or will it be like I cannot install it unless I have the certified hardware?

thanks

[majush]

coz its not a trashcan. 

[Anonymous]

now that we are sure that we want to switch to mac i am thinking about the best herdware to use.

i am a huge HP fanboy and i am currently using a HPz800 with OSX10.8.5. it has a fast gtx graphics and lots of RAM and a areca raid with 8 discs build right in. it is a nice, rock solid and super fast hardware, the thing is, i can not get yosemite running on this hardware, or at least i can not get it run nicely. so i consider this product as end of life.

now the question is, what to buy next? i really hate this new mac pro for some reasons, and i am thinking about a 5.1 silverling to use for flame. i can get 64gig Ram into it, dual 6core cpus, i can build in an areca and a fast gtx graphics. i have no need for usb3.0, coz what ever data we get, we drop it on our server anyway.

so is that an idea that makes sense or is this blown up mac mini now the way to go? i hate the graphics so much that i dont want to buy it, i dont like the pegasus too much, i mean it works, we have the big pegasus here working on an imac and it is ok, but i like the idea of a propper pci card way more, and i want fiber channel, and that means i have to buy one of these TB Extension PCI boxes, that i dont like either.

why can't HP simply sell a z840 Mac Edition, that would be a great solution for us all.

[majush]

You could build a Dual Xeon 12core on a Z9PE-D8 nd run OSX. C612 chipset is not yet supported by OSX. And I wonder if there is gonna be a new trashcan in Jan. And even if they do, Dual Xeons??

[Anonymous]

The ram in the old mac pros is dog slow don't do it.

If you like HP build a Linux flame.

Mike

[majush]

Thats the whole advantage I see with the new Flame subscription. I would love to run it on mac but looking at the way macpro going, its just pointless. 

Having said that, i remember I read somewhere that the license would be interchangable between a mac and linux. How does it work?? Can I activate on 2 machines and use one at any given time?? Could anyone clarify that a bit please?

thanks

[Anonymous]

If you are in a static situation - an office for example, you can run the linux license server - you are not obliged to run a node-locked license per workstation.

This permits you to check out a license to a workstation.

The workstation can be mac or linux.

2016.1 enables Central Install which means that you install the apps on a server and can check out an app as well as a license.

The online flame documentation explains the process.

At my office there is a z800, a z820, some old mac pros and some dustbins.

Central Install puts flame premium, flame, flare and flame assist on one of the SAN volumes.

The licenses are all served by a vanilla 1u Supermicro server.

Any of the workstations can launch an app (only linux workstations can run lustre) and the licserv checks out a license if one is available.

It's especially convenient as it means that installation takes place once only.

If you want to have the ability to flip flop between platforms then you are going to need to build a linux server to run the license server, and the workstation is going to require communication to that licserv in order to run the app.

[Anonymous]

no it is not about the license server and not about a linux flame. we have a linux flame on z800, we want to get rid of linux.

@Anonymous i will check about RAM speed. maybe we have to go with the trashcan but that would really suck. let's see.

[Anonymous]

I'll keep Linux until OS X runs legally on a Z-840. But this will happen eventually sooner than later, or not when Apple sticks to their dustbin designs. The last Apple keynote gave hope that they will drop the MacPro.

Hans